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TIES OF HE WEEK. ambarge Lothair arrived at Buffalo le turday haying on board the crew of the schooner Huron. The Lothair and Huron load- | ed baryta at Port Arthur for Buffalo. Baryta |isa heavy white mineral used in making paint. Friday moruing at 10 o’clock in a | brisk northwest wind on Lake Erie, the Hu- ron began leaking. Both pumps were worked but the leak kept gaining. At 3 in the after- | noon, when it was seen that she would sink, the crew, including a woman cook and the captain’s niece, took to the yawl and were »|picked up by the Lothair. The Huron foundered abreast of Ashtabula. She tad on 500 tons of baryta, which lay in her hold like lead and strained her bottom in the seaway. She was built at Sou h Bay, Ontario, in 1874, and was owned by the Thomson I.umber | Company, of Windsor, who haye about $4,500 |insurance on the hull. This was the first shipment of baryta, which comes from Mc- Vellar’s Island, near Port Arthur. The propeller D, J. Foley, coal laden from ’is.| American Union in tow, took fire 15 miles off *| Charlotte Lake Ontario, last Wednesday and burned to the water's edge. The crew were {all saved. The Foley was valued at $40,000 and was insured for about $20,000. Of this | the British & Foreign, through Smith, Davis | & Co., has $6,000, and the rest is held else. where. The coal cargo, about 700 tons, is insured by Smith, Davis & Co. in the West- jernof Toronto for $25,00. Captain Good- | man, owner of the Foley, was awakened by |the fire and had not time to dress. Chief Engineer Lenahan made herioc efforts to | save the boat. The Foley took fire in her boil- | er house early Wednesday morning. Despite -|a rain squall that prevailed and the efforts of the crew, the flames spread so rapidly that the men had to take to the small boat. The Foley | Sank in a depth of over 400 feet fifteen miles above Charlotte, and about eight miles from _ |shore. The American Union not having {sufficient accommodation for the homeless crew, ee Goodman safely landed them jon the beach. A farmer drove them toa | railroad station. : docks iy the vicinity forbidden us tying up at are obliged to crowd up ter of the City of Sault Ste jidden us tying up at private penalty ofa fine of $25.00 or The Captain of the Iron informed, was so fined when it ly possible for him to do otherwise. ently we run a very great risk of to ourselves and of inflicting damage upon others being crowded together when 4 strong east wind is blowing. - The Government owns only about six hun- dred feet between the locks and the private ownership to the eastward. We desire to express ourselves emphati- cally against the injustice of allowing indi- yiduals to own and control the approaches to such an important work through which passes such an immense and constantly increasing tonnage. A STRAIGHT ADVOCATE. Burraxo, N. Y, July 8, 1890. To the Editor of the Marine Record. We have the “Wilbur,” “Cayuga,’ ‘Sene- ea,” “Saranac,” ‘Tuscarora,’ “Tacoma,” “Qceanica,”’ “Clyde,”’ “Harry Packer,’ “Fred Mercur’” and “R. A. Packer’’—all very large boats and all steered by straight chains, that is, when you turn the wheel to port, theship’s head goes to port, and it seems to this Com- pany to bethe only way that a ship should be steered—quite a number of mud pilots to the contrary, notwithstanding. Yours truly, W. P. Henry, Gen’. Mgr. Lehigh Valley Transp. Co. SIGHTED FROM THE CROW’S NEST. A sailor named Robert Styles was lost over- board and drowned off the Isabella Reed on Lake Huron last week. He shipped from Buf- falo, Three more launches are scheduled for this week as follows the B. W. Parker Wednesday and the Republic and Maryland on Saturday July 12th. F. W. Wheeler’s shipyard, at Bay City, has passed into the hands of an English syndicate for $1,220,000 cash and $750,000 stock in the company. The steamer Northern Light made her last trip from Duluth to Buffalo in seyenty hours, ‘The distance is 997 miles, which makes the average speed per hour 14} miles. A deck hand named Kelly, of the steamer Buffalo, had his leg broken on Saturday, while unloading the vessel at the Alton dock, Chi- cago. He was taken to the marine hospital. William O’Donnell, sailor, was drowned- from the schooner L. W. Drake Saturday at Parry Sound, It is alleged he was pushed overboard by two of his shipmates both of whom are now in custody on the charge of / eausing his death. First reports of the fire at Ashland Wis ; were much exaggerated. The steamer Iron | King is badly burned from amidships from. the main mast forward, including rail, stanch- ions, mainmast, foremast, pilot house, and forward cabins. Her machinery, however, is not injured, nor is the boat disabled to such an extent as to prevent her taking on a cargo of ore and coming down with her own power, towing her consort.. New stearing gear has been shipped to her from Detroit. The loss on the Iron King is covered by five policies as follows: Western, $20,000; British apd | Foreign, Standard, Exchange, Commercial Union, Marine, Michigan Fire and Marine, and Security, $10,000 each; total $90,000. The schooner Planet grounded heavily on Squirrel Island last Saturday. The accident occurred through the meeting of several boats in the narrow channel at that place. Assist- ance was promptly sent, but the Canadian collector of customs at Sault Ste Marie re- fused to allow United States tugs to assist her. Captain C. E. Benham her owner was tele- graphed to at Cleveland for advice in the matter. After various futile efforts to obtain satisfactory replies he wired the Collector of Customs and received permission to release his vessel from the imminent danger in which she was placed, which was done with Canadian wreckers. Late Saturday night the steambarge Sea- Gull was discovered on tire at Hast Tawas Mich. No means were at hand to extinguish the flames. The cook, Maggie Cornett, was unable to get ashore and was burned to death. The Sea Gull’s lines were burned off and she drifted across the slip, setting fire to the steambarge Calvin, which, however, was saved. Further on, the burning vessel set Emory’s dock and mills on fire, which were destroyed. Loss being $30,000; also Lock & Stevens’ docks, Sibley & Bearinger’s docks and lumber, loss not yet ascertained. Sixteen million feet of lumber were consumed. The Ser Gull isa total wreck. The barge Sea Gull was built by Simpson at Oakville in 1864, she was thoroughly rebuilt last year and classed A2}in Inland Lloyds with a valua- tion of $12,000, she was owned by J. C, Mil- Jer Marine City Mich, Several minor casualties were reported on Lake Michigan last Thursday night including the loss of one life. The schooner Gladia- | Charlotte for Chicago, with the schooner| ire! Ihe Marine Ae ean. damaged but were finally towed safely into Chicago. The schooner Rouse Simmons bound out from Chicago was obliged to put back Her jibboom and forward running gear were car- ried away, and it was with difficulty she made port. The scow Supply was also reported as being on her beam ends and further news of her was anxiously being waited for. LAKE FREIGHES. The local freight market was quiet and steady. The circulars sent out by the iron ship- pers and mine owners is said to have had a de- pressing effectamong charterers and vessel men, If so, there is no indication at present conceiv- able and the usual amount of business is going forward from day to day, The docks are over- loaded with ore but all possible measures are being taken to facilitate local shipments over the railroads. — Charters: Coal— Propeller Oscar Flint, Sandusky to Milwaukee, 60 cents; schooner Toltec, Cleveland to Milwaukee p. t.; propeller City of Cleveland and schooner Negaunee, Toledo to Duluth, 50 cents; schoon- er Selkirk, Toledo to Gladstone, 40 cents Ore —Schooner Col. Cook, Hscanaba to Cleveland, 85 cents. Pig iron—Schooner Southwest, Fayette to Cleveland, 90 cents. Cuicaco, July 9.—There was a moderately active demand for vessel room to-day, but shippers refused to pay former rates and charters were made on the basis of 2 cents for corn to Buffalo. Wheat was quoted at 2} cents and oats at 1} cents. The Georgian Bay rate was unchanged at 1} cents for corn and 1} cents for oats. Burrato, July 9.—Ooal freights were quiet at unchanged rates though a somewhat firmer feeling hay been exhibited by owners of float- ing property and there isa fair prospect of rates taking an upward tendency, Totepo, July 9.—Charters: | Schooners American, George OC. Finney, corn to Buffalo, 1} cent. Rates on grain firmer. Derrorr, July 9—Charters: Steambarge Abercorn and two consorts, lumber, Grand Haven to Tonawanda, $2; Nicolet, lumber, Presque Isle to Detroit, $1.50; schooner Ad- venture, lumber, Cheboygan to Detroit, private terms; schooner Aretic, coal, Toledo to French river, 50 cents. Mia ie DESIRABLE WORK. os James B. Quinn, of the corps of eagineers, has made a report to the Secretary of War in regard to the condition of the public works under his charge in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. He says there are reasons for the belief that the completion of the projected improvements in the harbor at Grand Marais, Minn., will soon become urgent. The work will cost $150,475, and $440,700 can be profit— ably expended on it during the _ Present, fiscal year. He recommends an appropriation of $274,552 for improvements to the harbor at Duluth, Minn., during the present year. The amount necessary to complete the project is stated at $324,526. He says the entry piers in the harbor at Superior Bay and St. Louis Bay, Wis., are in fair condition, but need ex- tensive repairs, particularly the superstruc— ture, In regard to the improvements at Grand Marais, Mich , Major Quinn says that $100,- 000 can be profitably expended on the im- provements during the present year, and esti- mates $268,750 as -the amount complete the existing project. Estimates are also made as follows: Harbor at Agate Bay for the year, $62,500; to com- plete, $206,708. Harbor at Ashland, Wis., for the year and td complete, $90,000. For harbor at Ontonagon, Mich., for the year, $33,100; to complete, $65,670. Harbor at Marquettee, Mich., for the year, $115,000; to complete, $270,454, required to VESSELOWNERS VS. SEAMEN’S UNION. The struggle between the Sailors’ Union and Chicago Vessel Owners’ Aseociation will begin August 1, This was decided upon by the meeting of the association Tuesday, which was attended by thirty members, owning some sixty sail vessels engaged in the lumber and Georgian Bay grain trade. The meeting lasted two hours. Secretary Higgie first read a communication from B, L. Pennington, vice president of the Cleveland Vessel Owners’ Association, detail- ing the struggle between his association and striking seamen this season. Its shipping agent, he said, had been sent to Atlantic sea- ports for new men, and had secured forty-five firemen and many more seamen for the mem- tor, was loaded to the rails with lumber, and | bers of the association. So successful had yes- she labored heavily in the trough of the sea. sel men been in thestrike that there was now a About seven miles off Grosse Point. sprang a leak and a portion of her deck load went overboard, the leak gained on them and she was caught by a wave and turned keel up. Captain Thoressen and his crew were carried by the wayes some distanee from the schooner, and the captain was drowned. The rest of the crew caught the wreckage and managed to float till the life saying crew stationed at Eyanston came to their assist- ance. The Gladiator, keel up, was seen afloat on Friday about ten miles south of Kenosha, The schooner Naiad reached just out- side the Chicago breakwater, where several vessels were anchored. Her fore rigging was Harry Berkley, and her fore rigging was car- carried away. She dragged her anchor and fouled the schooners Surprise and White Cloud. All three vessels were more or less She , full supply of men at Lake Erie ports, and none but transitory trouble was apprehended. A resolution was then passed binding every member of the association to ship his crews from the shipping office. Some divergence of views was found as to the time the resolu- tion was to go into effect. August Ist was finally named the date. A resolution was also passed that in case crews could not be obtained, vessel men should tie their boats to the docks until sailors were to be had at the Vessel Owners’ shipping office. There was considerable delay at this motion, but it was finally adopted uuani- mously. It was then decided to advertise in papers on the Atlantic coast for sailors in preference to sending the shipping master to New York City. The position of the union’ in demanding | that mates of vessels should be union men, which will cause rioting and turmoil along the docks the remainder of the season does not seem to be well taken. It is virtually dictating to owners who shall be in charge of their property, and is a question in which no union can reasonably hope to win. Ifa com- promise could be obtained with that point waived along and desperate struggle could be averted, but it is thought nothing can now be done. Our esteemed Frankfort correspondent, Mr. Charles Burmeister, has been ill during the past two months, many of our readers will be pleased to learn that he is convalescent again. His present illness was brought about in consequence of extreme exposure the night he volunteered to go to Point Betsy life sav- ing station, to apprise them of the impending danger to the ill fated vessels Menekaunee and Marinette, in November 1886. The ves~ sels were totally wrecked with the loss of 14: lives. Ever since then he has been troubled with his, throat and lungs, it was a terrible night and the heroic efforts put forth by Mr. Burmeister wil] live long in the memory of} those who were interested in the ill-fated vessels and the precions lives that they took with them. It is the purpose of Mr. Bur- meister, to spend a short vacation in the-moun- tains of Colorado, where it is expected that the dry bracing air may invigorate his constitu- tion and efface the lingering effects of the past two months siege. We join with his friends and relatives in the expectancy to see him once more robust and healthy as of yore. (AROUND THE LAKES CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE.) Detroit, Mich, Special to the Marine Record. The Neshoto ison her way down with a broken wheel. She is making but eight miles an hour. The break was caused by striking a log when leaving Chicago harbor. Captain S. B. Grummond’s river tug Champ- ion passed here on Monday with six schoon- ers and a yacht. The Swain passed up on Tuesday with four large schooners in tow. The steambarge St. Louis was picked up by the Cumberland off Presque Isle, Lake Huron, with disabled machinery and brought here on Wednesday for repairs. The Robert Holland is bringing down her consorts. : The Detroit Sheet Metal Works haye men at work doing the pipe fitting and boiler cov- ering on the new Inter Ocean Transportation Company’s boat Maryland, now nearly com- pleted at the Wyandotte yards of the Detroit Dry Dock Company. The Frontier Iron & Brass Works shipped this week to the Wheeler yard at West Bay City the engines for the two ocean vessels now under construction there, Orders are brisk and this extensive plant is kept as busy as they can possibly desire to be. The splendid new wooden barge, built by R. W. Linn at Gibraltar for a consort to the John Oades, of the Parker Transportation Company, will be launched to-day (Wednes-— day.) She has been named, measured and documented as follows: The B. W. Parker, gross tonnage 1476.75, net 1421.06; home port Detroit, official number 3473. She has three pole masts and is fitted and furnished in a very superior style all through. She is prob- ably the best and strongest buiJt vessel ever turned out from the yards of her builder, R. W. Linn. The new schooner B. W. Parker is being fitted out with steam pipes, water pipes, ete. by W. J. Wray. She has the “Providence” windlass and steam capstan, manufactured by the American Ship Windlass Company, Pro vidence, R. 1. The pipes will be covered fore and aft on both sides and laid along un— der the main deck with slip joints, so that should ever the vessel get strained the pipes would remain intact. The B. W. Parker has been named in honor of one of the princi- puls of the firm of Parker & Millen, her owners. The propeller Cuba is at the yards of the Dry Dock Company and her repairs are well along. Ihe new steamer Henry R. James, built for the Central Vermont Line is now almost ready for business; and will leave here in a few days. The new steel yacht Princess is having some finishing work done and it is expected that she will be shipped to Geneva Lake this week, The large propeller Mary- land, built at Wyandotte for the Inter Ocean Transportation Company, will be launched on Saturday, July 12th. The Colorado is in the dry dock at Springwells receiving repairs. The losses caused by the steam barge Sea Gull getting on fire at Tawas docks are being tabulated. It is found that Alger, Smith & Co. lost 8,000,000 feet of lumber on the Bear- inger dock; George P. & H. B. Smith lost on the same dock $15,000, and 3,000,000 feet of lumber on Locke & Stevents’ dock, fully in- sured; Emery Bros. lost on dock, $20,000, with no insurance, and 6,000,000 feet of lum- ber worth $90,000 fully insured; Bearinger Bros, lost on docks $15,000 and on 6,000,000! feet of lumber $125,000. ‘Tne loss of the Sea Gull has occasioned a serious loss to many others besides her owner. Captain H. Zealand, master of the Charles A. Eddy, caused a ripple of pleasure to flow through the veins of some old vessel men and owners here a few days azo. It appears that the captain was desirous of landing a person at the dock in the neighborhood of Third ? [il : street, and notwithstanding the fact that a fresh breeze wag blowing and he had a large consort in tow, he brought his steamer to the dock, landed his passenger; handling of his vessel called forth an acknowl edgement from the onlookers. Captain S. B. Grummond among others being appreciative of the seaman like qualities exhibited by Captain Zealand. The steamer Fred Pabst reports haying been struck by lightning just before leaving Fair- port on Tuesday night. It struck the cabin roof, tearing off the moldings and smashing things generally in two rooms which were fortunately unoccupied at the time. The chief engineer and two other men who were standing on deck some twenty-five feet dis- tant were prostrated by the shock. One of the men was unable to be on duty when the boat passed here. The other two suffered but slightly. Lightning seems to be getting in more work on the lakes just now than ever before, lightning conductors from each truck with the end of the wire streamed overboard ;during an electrical disturbance will soon have to be adopted if this rate of the casual— ties is recorded. Since the last report { learn that Samuel F, Hodge & Co., Riverside Iron Works, have supplied the Porter Chamberlain with a new crank pin, the Colwell was at their dock hay—- ing broken the low pressure piston, piston rod and distance piece between the two eylinders and the cylinder hend, all of which repairs were made here, the Justice Field has also received a new Hodge wheel. Anent the triple expansion cylinder discussion; §. F. Hodge & Co. signed a contract on the 2nd of October, 1886, for the triple expansion placed in the Roumania, though on June 19, 1886, the plans for a triple expansion engine were made out; the drawings showing the above date. The dimensions of the. cylinder were 18 28 and 45 by 40 inch stroke. The Buffalo Papers seem to insist that the Owego and Che- mung, are entitled to the credit of having the first triple expansion engines designed, "Tl are away off on this matter for the a of those racers are not. mi: engines. The competition however, should be limited to « facture and date from its working when it-was simply on paper. Ashtabula, Ohio. Special to the Marine Record. Captain Downs new tug, the Kittie Downs, will be ready for inspection, the latter part of this week. She is built after the model of the Jokn Gordon, another of Captain Downs ves— sels and one that has made a fast record. Tug men are awaiting the new vessels trial trip with much interest. The Kittie Downs was built at Lairds shipyard. Kimball’s new yacht, at Laird’s shipyard, will be launched this week. The action of property owners, on Front and Second ttreets, in refusing to settle with the citizens arbitrary committee, appointed to appraise the damages to their property, that would be caused by the laying of a double track by the Lake Shore Company, from the present docks to the new dock site near the channel, is criticised by progressive men here as a piece of unparalleled selfishness. These property owners had previously agreed to allow the company aright of way and had appeared perfectly well satisfied with the price offered for their land, But ecupidity got the better of them and refusing to settle for a reasonable amount of money, they attempted to get an injunction issued to stop work on the Front street grade. The hearing was had before Judge Sherman, last Saturday and afcer examining a number of witnesses, the judge decided to grant the re- quired injunction, giving his decision on the following Monday. The parties who have caused this unnecessary trouble have now filed suits for damages in the common pleas court, against the Lake Shore Company, but still the work on Second street goes on and the harbor will soon have its new docks. We shall then be able to accommodate the sur- plus ore that cau find no resting place in the other lake ports. The extension of the new P, Y. & O. docks, is nearly completed. Dock No. 7, has several new hoisting ma- chines. The Kate Buttironi, left this port yesterday with coal. A Marine City carpenter will com- plete her, repairs. f The Sparta, will hereafter be commanded © by Captain Wm. C. Goodsell, formerly of the Helena, Captaia George Bartholomew, of this port, having resigned the command, The Sparta had a collision with the schooner Juniata, at Bar Point, afew days ago, and although Captain Bartholomew, was not to blame for the circumstance, it is thought that this had something to do with his resignation ZEROTES. ; and stood on up — the river without allowing his consort to loge — her way or to touch anything. The spiendid — ra